3 MARCH 1979 COMMENT PAGE 5 irst hiWeber Academy Secomileeting House on ner direel and Grant _ “Sonigrs and speeches thellay of school” 17, s@Parly ides 100 studen- ecepted and _partments, atorymediate, and aie two teachers, i Edwin Cutler arithmetic, i@ epingy in, “government, g@ (physical and 11), ge, history, or- ohy, ship, physics, gy, Mthedlogy, vocal Fermaoply, theory and > of taptulents brought m ‘‘sl@ bottles of soap Foreseeing the sweeping results of returning World War II Veterans and the “baby boom’’ President Henry Aldous Dixon began to press for a new campus with room for growth and four- erasupe.” {itiors Myork there were ationsesiiood, MIA, , choimpésic groups for year Ss and@pitlies were end as wisleigh parties to status. Some doubted his assessment but he was proven accurate when the college burgeoned with 2,000 lle, explo resorts and veterans. rst dé held March 16, the si esdved that the yn of th he dbe equal.” rmatijpad two girls and y | agmee was boys. sand the The af- re side ysophi organized 1 weekieh musical selec- eading lectures were od. iG ) } 0 SPE aaoMt In 1947-48, as an indication of good faith, the legislature appropriated $50,000 to Weber College if they could match the amount. In ten days the community raised private and funds were $60,000 mostly corporate donors. used to purchase from The 175 acres east of Harrison, part of the land on which the college now stands. Muce, chicken and Salaries of the faculty ally and they were paid flickets redeemable at food. for financial reasons, teeded Weber College “ The spring and summer of 1954 Weber College was. a split campus with four buildings on the new site surrounded by dirt roads and no grass. Dust sifted into the buildings when the wind blew. Now in its 90th year, Weber State College has been a four-year college since 1959with its first graduating class in 1964. It is one of the largest undergraduate campuses in the nation and has a fully-aceredited vocational and liberal arts program, likely surpassing even the expectations of early leaders. “Courtesy of the Ogden Standard”